16 July 2026
Johnson Matthey Plc
(the Company)
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Company announces that at today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed on a poll. The result of the poll is set out below.
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Resolution |
For |
% For* |
Against |
% Against* |
Votes Total |
% of Issued Share Capital |
Votes Withheld** |
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1. To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026. |
127,347,237 |
99.99 |
7,163 |
0.01 |
127,354,400 |
75.78 |
569,312 |
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2. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2026. |
126,711,693 |
99.53 |
597,294 |
0.47 |
127,308,987 |
75.75 |
614,725 |
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3. To approve the directors' remuneration policy |
127,244,461 |
99.63 |
477,747 |
0.37 |
127,722,208 |
76.00 |
201,504 |
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4. To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share. |
127,696,571 |
99.97 |
38,300 |
0.03 |
127,734,871 |
76.01 |
188,841 |
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5. To elect Andrew Cosslett as a director of the company. |
123,857,494 |
96.98 |
3,855,430 |
3.02 |
127,712,924 |
75.99 |
210,788 |
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6. To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company. |
127,636,470 |
99.94 |
80,630 |
0.06 |
127,717,100 |
76.00 |
206,612 |
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7. To elect Alastair Judge as a director of the company. |
127,544,122 |
99.86 |
176,444 |
0.14 |
127,720,566 |
76.00 |
203,146 |
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8. To re-elect Richard Pike as a director of the company |
127,631,321 |
99.94 |
80,659 |
0.06 |
127,711,980 |
75.99 |
211,732 |
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9. To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company. |
124,398,542 |
97.41 |
3,313,412 |
2.59 |
127,711,954 |
75.99 |
211,758 |
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10. To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company. |
123,983,432 |
97.08 |
3,728,325 |
2.92 |
127,711,757 |
75.99 |
211,955 |
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11. To re-elect Sinead Lynch as a director of the company. |
124,295,522 |
97.34 |
3,399,422 |
2.66 |
127,694,944 |
75.98 |
228,768 |
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12. To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company. |
124,375,205 |
97.39 |
3,338,813 |
2.61 |
127,714,018 |
76.00 |
209,694 |
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13. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year. |
127,676,633 |
99.96 |
53,875 |
0.04 |
127,730,508 |
76.00 |
193,204 |
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14. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor. |
127,479,588 |
99.80 |
250,685 |
0.20 |
127,730,273 |
76.00 |
193,439 |
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15. To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits. |
127,524,804 |
99.87 |
168,521 |
0.13 |
127,693,325 |
75.98 |
230,387 |
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16. To authorise the directors to allot shares. |
123,063,346 |
96.35 |
4,668,024 |
3.65 |
127,731,370 |
76.01 |
192,342 |
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17. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.*** |
119,251,620 |
93.38 |
8,451,759 |
6.62 |
127,703,379 |
75.99 |
220,333 |
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18. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition |
117,022,717 |
91.64 |
10,680,408 |
8.36 |
127,703,125 |
75.99 |
220,587 |
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19. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.*** |
124,334,196 |
97.53 |
3,149,228 |
2.47 |
127,483,424 |
75.86 |
440,288 |
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20. To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*** |
124,612,494 |
97.56 |
3,117,403 |
2.44 |
127,729,897 |
76.00 |
193,815 |
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21. To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company. *** |
127,667,347 |
99.97 |
39,084 |
0.03 |
127,706,431 |
75.99 |
217,281 |
* Figures shown are percentages of total votes cast excluding votes withheld
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution
*** Special Resolutions
The total number of voting rights was 168,055,752 Ordinary Shares of 11049/53 pence.
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: https://matthey.com/investors/regulatory-news
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
ENDS
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Investor Relations |
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Louise Curran
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Director of Investor Relations
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Media |
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James Bradley |
Director, Communications |
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Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)
Registered Office: 5th Floor, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7AD
Registered in England & Wales number: 00033774
Legal Entity Identifier number: 2138001AVBSD1HSC6Z10
ISIN number: GB00BZ4BQC70